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  2. Civil discovery under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    Section 15 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided: [A]ll the said courts of the United States, shall have power in the trial of actions at law, on motion and due notice thereof being given, to require the parties to produce books or writings in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue, in cases and under circumstances where they might be compelled to produce the ...

  3. Settlement (litigation) - Wikipedia

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    The settlement of the lawsuit defines legal requirements of the parties and is often put in force by an order of the court after a joint stipulation by the parties. In other situations (as where the claims have been satisfied by the payment of a certain sum of money), the plaintiff and defendant can simply file a notice that the case has been ...

  4. Initial conference - Wikipedia

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    Only after the initial disclosures have been sent, the main discovery process begins, which includes: depositions, interrogatories, request for admissions (RFA) and request for production of documents(RFP). Parties must supplement their Initial Disclosures each time when they discover new witnesses or documents that they want to use in court to ...

  5. Maryland finalizes $577M settlement for HBCU federal lawsuit

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    Maryland has finalized a $577 million settlement to end a 15-year federal lawsuit relating to underfunding at the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities, state officials ...

  6. Maryland officials approve settlement to reform autopsy ... - AOL

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    The settlement ends litigation relating to how the medical examiner's office performed an autopsy for Anton Black, a 19-year-old who died in police custody on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

  7. Settlement conference - Wikipedia

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    Such a conference may be initiated through either party, usually by the conveyance of a settlement offer; or it may be ordered by the court as a precedent (preliminary step) to holding a trial. Each party, the plaintiff and the defendant , is usually represented at the settlement conference by their own counsel or attorney .

  8. Maryland to pay $13 million settlement for correctional ... - AOL

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    Maryland entered a $13 million settlement towards officers' wages after an investigation revealed correctional officers worked overtime without pay.

  9. Deposition (law) - Wikipedia

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    A deposition in the law of the United States, or examination for discovery in the law of Canada, involves the taking of sworn, out-of-court oral testimony of a witness that may be reduced to a written transcript for later use in court or for discovery purposes. Depositions are commonly used in litigation in the United States and Canada. They ...